2016
The Parliament of the
Commonwealth of Australia
THE SENATE
Presented and read a first time
Racial Discrimination Amendment Bill 2016
No. , 2016
(Senators Bernardi, the Hon. Eric Abetz, Back, Burston, Bushby, Culleton, Day, Duniam, Fawcett, Hanson, Hinch, Leyonhjelm, the Hon. Ian Macdonald, McKenzie, O’Sullivan, Paterson, Reynolds, Roberts, Smith, Williams)
A Bill for an Act to amend the Racial Discrimination Act 1975, and for related purposes
Contents
1............ Short title............................................................................................. 1
2............ Commencement................................................................................... 1
3............ Schedules............................................................................................ 2
Schedule 1—Amendments 3
Racial Discrimination Act 1975 3
A Bill for an Act to amend the Racial Discrimination Act 1975, and for related purposes
The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title
This Act is the Racial Discrimination Amendment Act 2016.
2 Commencement
(1) Each provision of this Act specified in column 1 of the table commences, or is taken to have commenced, in accordance with column 2 of the table. Any other statement in column 2 has effect according to its terms.
| Commencement information |
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 |
| Provisions | Commencement | Date/Details |
| 1. The whole of the Act | The day after this Act receives the Royal Assent. | |
Note: This table relates only to the provisions of this Act as originally enacted. It will not be amended to deal with any later amendments of this Act.
(2) Any information in column 3 of the table is not part of this Act. Information may be inserted in this column, or information in it may be edited, in any published version of this Act.
3 Schedules
Legislation that is specified in a Schedule to this Act is amended or repealed as set out in the applicable items in the Schedule concerned, and any other item in a Schedule to this Act has effect according to its terms.
Schedule 1—Amendments
Racial Discrimination Act 1975
1 Paragraph 18C(1)(a)
Omit “offend, insult,”.
2 Application of amendment
The amendment made by item 1 applies in relation to acts done on or after the day this Act commences.